Saturday, April 23, 2011

RIGHT. According to 'ANONYMOUS' and WOMBAT we should free the frog before we manage to kill it.

So... who agrees?

Do we release it and hope it lives after the trauma of being in our home... or do we keep it and hope it lives???

While we all ponder that....

We will get ready for Joshua and Damien to arrive on the Airport Shuttle Bus from Whitianga....

ONWARD...

ABOVE: Joshua and Damien arrived bright and early this morning... 9.45 in fact! Luckily we were all up... no plans for the day except RELEASETHEFROG! (Griffin is 6 months younger than his cousin Joshua, who is standing beside Brylee!)

We are going to take the frog down to the Botanic Gardens where there is a small lake. It should do well there.

ABOVE: Here we go... off to free froggy...

ABOVE: in he goes...

ABOVE: He lingered for about 30 seconds...

ABOVE: ... then he was gone and we were left with just ripples on the lake. He's got a rather nice new home don't ya think?

ABOVE: A new section of the Botanic Gardens... up by the shade sail are vents ... which spew a fine mist every minute or so...

ABOVE: it looks pretty awesome .... a really lovely addition to the gardens.

WOMBAT: If Froggy had 'family' in our backyard it's just tough tits for him... I'm sure he can find a new girlfriend (or boyfriend) in his new home! lol

End of Day: a pleasing effort on me sewing today... and have spent the evening chilling out in front of the telly... reading a few new blogs... I really shouldn't! I already follow so many... *sigh*DIET: ikkkknite nite.

OH so cute! Call it froggey, that name reminds me of Em :) Now I want a frog/s! Gona do some research and find out what to do... they are so cool :-)Keep the frog, surely you cant unintentionally kill this?? It may need a playmate tho, would suck being an only pet.

Chris, The frog can live very sucessfully inside in the right environment. (nice enclousure that is damp and does not get direct sunlight). I have had two frogs in my classroom since the start of the term (and at home for three weeks before that) and they are doing great so they don't just 'die' inside as some have suggested but can live just fine. (would need to be feed bugs and I buy fly food which are eggs that hatch into flies from the pet shop for the ones I have.

When I was in Auckland I kept frogs in the classroom for most of the year until someone put their aquarium under a window and the sun cooked them to death one weekend, so they do need the right enviroment but certainly not impossible to create.

Hi Chris , Thanks for joining my site . I read your blog in the best NZ accent I can muster . I,m English , 6 g,children 2 gg ,grandchildren , but nowhere over the hill in outlook or vitality , Well sometimes I feel knackered .

Good for you, Chris. I do think you made the right decision to let the little frog go back into the wild. He/she looked happy to be out in the world again, and those botanical gardens are beautiful...I'm sure the frog will be very happy there! ;o)

OMG! I am soooo jealous! That froggy was beautiful! One thing I hate about Adelaide is the lack of Frogs. In Qld they were so plentiful that you couldn't step out your back door without almost literally stepping on a frog. Here they don't exist due to urban sprawl. But your fellow was lovely. I am so glad you did the right thing and let him go.

I have a half-hearted request in for a terrarium with a frog for Mother's Day... don't like my chances though...

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